The keynote will address design methods and process, from concept to the use of materials and building both in Architecture and Urban Projects; summarize design concepts about the ways of interpreting siting, context, history and culture in projects at Urban Scale, whether Master Plans or building complexes at that scale; assess the relationship between research and the design process as a continuous system; and conceptualize team work in a partnership.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.